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[email protected] ARTIST Johnny Tillotson TITLE The Outtakes LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BCD 16815 PRICE-CODE BR EAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy168153z ISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-564-7 FORMAT 2-CD Mini-Box (CD-size) with 60-page booklet GENRE Pop / Rock’n’Roll TRACKS 58 PLAYING TIME 166:39 G TwoCDs provide a superb collection of alternative takes recorded by Johnny Tillotson at CADENCE Records. G The set offers Johnny Tillotson fans and collectors an opportunity to hear the differences between early and later takes. G The material focuses on the first six years of Johnny Tillotson's recording career. INFORMATION BEAR FAMILY RECORDS is proud to present this most welcome entry in its series of studio outtakes releases that now includes the Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash, Billy Riley, Gene Vincent and Janis Martin. Johnny Tillotson is an international star who secured 26 entries on the 'Billboard' charts between 1958 and 1965. His biggest hit was Poetry In Motion which peaked at #2 in the States but managed to secure the number one position in the UK where it spent the first three weeks of 1961 at the top of the charts. These recordings, the great majority of which are released for the first time, give the listener the opportunity to hear songs de- velop in the studio. Some appear without later overdubs and orchestral backings that were included on the recordings first time round. Amajor highlight is the discovery of previously unheard versions of Poetry In Motion recorded in New York with King Curtis on sax.